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Greenhouse gas analysis, EPA accepting comments

Posted July 15, 2015 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting comment on its analysis of the greenhouse gas (GHG)...

Senators Introduce Bill to End Corn-Ethanol Mandate

Posted January 19, 2015 Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced a bill to approve the Keystone XL...

RFS Sent to OMB for Review

Posted August 25, 2014 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) final rule to...

Debates Arise over RFS in Washington

Posted July 29, 2014 On July 24, White House counselor John Podesta told a group of senators that reduced volumetric...

EPA Finalized Two RFS Rules

Posted July 7, 2014 On July 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued two final rules concerning the renewable...

Anti-Dumping Duties Imposed on U.S. Ethanol Blended in Norway

Posted June 6, 2014   The European Commission decided to apply anti-dumping duties on all U.S. ethanol coming to the European...

Appeals Court Upholds EPA’s 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard

Posted May 16, 2014   The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently rejected arguments challenging the U.S....

May 16 CLE: Mid-South Agricultural & Environmental Law Conference

Posted April 24, 2014   The Arkansas Bar Association, the National Agricultural Law Center, and the National Sea Grant Law Center...

Petroleum Group Concerned EPA May Change Ethanol Mandate

Posted April 17, 2014   Petroleum groups are concerned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will change its proposed renewable fuel...

Legislators, Appeals Court Question Delay in Ethanol Mandate Implementation

Posted April 10, 2014   Legislators and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit are asking questions over the...

2015 Budget Proposes Cuts to USDA

Posted March 6, 2014   Tuesday, the White House proposed almost $24 billion in discretionary spending for the U.S. Agriculture Department...

Renewable Fuels Groups Oppose EPA’s 2014 RFS

Posted February 4, 2014   Renewable fuels groups opposed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposal to reduce the 2014 renewable...

Ethanol Industry Highlights RFS Success with New Report

Posted January 2, 2014   The Renewable Fuels Association recently released a report citing the successes of the Renewable Fuel Standard...

Falling Corn Prices a Key Issue in Farm Bill Debate

Posted November 20, 2013   Falling corn prices have become a key issue for the farm bill conference, according to an...

EPA Proposes 2014 RFS, Reduces Biofuel Requirement

Posted November 20, 2013   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released its proposed 2014 Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS), reducing...

Ethanol Producers Await EPA Ruling on 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard

Posted November 14, 2013   Biofuel producers and gasoline refiners are anxiously awaiting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) release...

USDA Announces $181 for Advanced Biofuels Projects

Posted October 23, 2013   Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, announced the availability of $181 million to develop commercial-scale biorefineries or...

Stabenow Urges Review: Possible Manipulation of Renewable Fuels Market

Posted September 30, 2013   Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, called...

Ninth Circuit Issues Opinion in CA Low Carbon Fuel Standard Case

Posted September 27, 2013   In Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Corey, et al., No. 12-15135 (9th Cir. Sept. 18, 2013),...

NFU Passes Resolution on Farm Bill, COOL, and RFS

Posted September 12, 2013   The National Farmers Union (NFU) recently concluded its Fall Legislative Fly-In, where the Board of Directors...